In New York City. No gun, but what do they have a dirge of in NYC?
Manhattan anesthesiologist jumps 30 floors to his death one year after he had to pay out ‘large amount’ in malpractice suit
In NYC its a lot of work to get a gun, but it isn’t much work to step out onto the balcony! This is a victory in “Gun Death” by Mayor Bloomberg, and he should anoint his loafer with the “Success” spread on the sidewalk from this!
H/T Bob
The Weerdling is starting to shape up in Mrs. Weer’d:
Looking a lot more like a baby in there! Still a few more weeks before we know if its a boy or a girl, then the Mrs. and I can start the argument on what the baby’s name will be!
Good times!
This one is a classic Misdirection:
Source: Uploaded by user via Joan on Pinterest
So here we have the image of a young boy murdered in the New Town school, and the laments of his mother. A sad story, and one I wish on nobody, and one we all can feel for.
Yet down at the bottom is an endorsement for the anti-rights registration scheme that they are improperly calling “Universal Background Checks”. Of course we all know that the guns used in New Town were bought at local gun shops with a background check on behalf of the killer’s mother. The guns apparently were also locked up. They were then illegally accessed, and used to kill the rightful owner for a clean theft, then illegally taken to a school “Gun Free Zone” where they were used to murder…also a crime.
This is standard-issue blood-dancing. All the proposed laws for this case were followed, and no proposed laws would have prevented this case. In politics its called “Waiving the Bloody Shirt”, and it is universally considered a contemptible act. Its in poor form to get emotions high for a RELEVANT action, in this case it is deplorable as it is designed to distract from actions that are entirely irrelevant to the case.
Of course they show no shame in using these images because they HAVE no shame.
Wow, via Miguel
It really turns beyond the pale when the tackle the gentleman who actively cooperates when the cops tell him to turn around and put his hands behind his back.
Let’s hope these officers loose their badges, and do some jail time. Anything short of that is bad justice.
Also its too bad nobody handcuffed didn’t choose to read the inscriptions in the monument while they were handcuffed by the police.
The Maine Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled the stabbing death of a 30-year-old Bangor man a homicide.
Bangor police say they responded to a report of a disturbance in a Bangor parking lot Tuesday evening, where they found Thomas Neil Taylor suffering from stab wounds to the chest.
Taylor was taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center where he later died.
Still looking for a suspect…but certainly not a “Gun Death”.
I’m not from this part of Maine, so I hadn’t heard the legends, but WOW what an interesting story:
Christopher Knight went into the central Maine wilderness 27 years ago.
Maine Warden Service Sgt. Terry Hughes and Maine State Police Trooper Diane Perkins-Vance discuss Christopher Knight’s habits and life in the woods of Rome.
He built a hut on a slope in the woods, where he spent his days reading books and meditating.There he lived, re-entering civilization only to steal supplies from camps under the cover of darkness. During those nearly three decades, he spoke just once to another person – until he was arrested during a burglary last week.
In between, Knight told police, he committed more than 1,000 burglaries, always taking only what he needed to survive. He became so familiar for his thievery and elusiveness that he spawned the local legend of the North Pond Hermit, who for years confounded both locals and police investigating the break-ins.
Sounds interesting, but what’s really neat is HOW he did it. I’d say “Hut” wasn’t the proper term for his shelter:
Knight went to great lengths to make the camp invisible from the ground and the air, even covering a yellow shovel with a black bag. Knight never had a fire, even on the coldest days, for fear of being detected. He covered shiny surfaces, like his metal trash cans, with moss and dirt and painted green a clear plastic sheet over his tent.
Knight even situated his campsite facing east and west to make the best use of the sun throughout the day….Knight often made the trip at night, carrying stolen supplies, using only a pen light.
He draped dark tarps over rope strung between trees, and tarps underneath, to give added protection from rain. One of those ropes has been in place so long that it has grown deep into the tree.
Inside the tent on Tuesday, there was a bed, somehow raised off the ground, surrounded by Rubbermaid totes that he used as nightstands to hold his radio and other supplies.
Outside he had fashioned an antenna to the top of the tree, about 30 feet in the air, with a cable running into his tent. Knight told police he listened to talk radio, such as Rush Limbaugh, and WBLM. For a short time Knight even had a TV but he found it drained his batteries too quickly.
Knight cooked with a pair of propane stoves. A large stockpile of empty tanks was stashed in the makeshift dump he created near his tent.
The campsite is neat and orderly — remarkably civilized for someone who tried so desperately to avoid civilization. Knight even set up mouse traps inside his tents to keep the critters from eating his food.
Knight stole all the food he ate, including meat and other perishables. Wardens were unsure what he did to preserve those items.
“He doesn’t hunt,” Hughes said. “He tried fishing a few times but it was too much work.”
Beer caps and batteries of all sizes dot the ground outside the tent. There also were a number of larger boat batteries and some the Pine Tree Camp had used to power their electric four-wheelers.
Nearby Knight had stashed under a rock a pair of leather boots, weathered badly from exposure.
Clothes hung for drying on rope stretched between trees immediately outside the tent. Nearby, Knight had erected a makeshift shower well hidden behind a small growth of fir trees.
There were no permanent structures — nothing was nailed down. The dirt was worn in the area, but otherwise there were no permanent reminders of a life lived in the space.
Knight said he spent his days at camp reading and meditating.
“I asked him, ‘What kind of books do you read?'” Hughes said. “He said, ‘Whatever I can steal.'”
And by far the most strange and interesting bit was this part:
Hughes showed Knight a copy of that photo, which showed Knight’s face clearly. She asked him if he could identify the man pictured in the photo. Knight studied the photo for some time, but was unable to identify himself, Perkins-Vance said.
Knight, who shaves without a mirror, said he has caught only glimpses of his reflection in pools of water.
“He hasn’t seen himself in the mirror for well over 20 years,” Hughes said. “It’s a very unusual situation.”
He hasn’t seen a clear image of himself since he was in high school, so he didn’t even recognize the old balding man he’s become.
So 27 years in the Maine wilderness without human contact and without a permanent structure or even a campfire. Makes Henry David Thoreau look like a piker!
Also it appears he’s making no resistance to law enforcement about the crimes he’s committed, he freely admits everything he has (except the eyeglasses he wore in high school) is stolen. Strange and amazing case.
Drunk driver kills three women from the same family as they walk home from baby shower…and he only faces 12-years in jail
Wow! If this had been a gun, the anti-rights people would be calling it a “Mass Shooting”, except it wasn’t a “Gun Death” so who cares?
Also 12 years for killing 3 people whilst drunk driving? Bad Justice!
H/T Bob
I was thinking while listening to some good bluegrass: “Has Anybody Done a Bluegrass Cover of Freebird?”
God I love the Internet!
Neat video! I prefer to play games on my WiiU, thanks!
